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Hunchback Of Notre Dame - 707 words
Hunchback Of Notre Dame In this novel The
Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), Victor Hugo talks
about the life of his characters in the city of
Paris. This story takes place in the
late-fourteenth century. With inequality all
around it was hard for a person to gain respect
without good looks or social status. In this paper
I will mainly discuss the story of Quasimodoe
Esmeralda, and their struggle in this story
Quasimodoe's mother was a gypsy. She could not
take care of him any longer so she left him in
front of a church. Gypsies were not liked at this
time, but the church was highly respected. Being
it that Quasimodo's mom had left him on front
steps of the church the king could do almost nothi ...
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John Keats La Belle Dame - 681 words
John Keat`s "La Belle Dame" In "La Belle Dame sans
Merci: A Ballad," John Keats, the author, relates
feelings of heartache to the reader by using
metaphors of somberness and sorrow. The poem is
set around a knights story of how his heart had
been broken when he was left by a woman whom he
had recently fell in love with. The woman, an
apparent succubus, comes to the knight in what
seems to be some variation of a dream, and makes
love to him. A succubus is known as a demon female
evil spirit that comes to Earth and has sexual
intercourse with men while they sleep. The knight
tells of how they met, their brief courtship and
intervening period, and ultimately the end of
their erotic episode. Kea ...
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John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 526 words
John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci SPeech is
where you make speeches. "La Belle Dame sans
Merci" In "La Belle Dame sans Merci," John Keats'
stresses the idea that beauty is only skin deep
and also lies in the eye of the beholder. Through
the use of two speakers, Keats' is able to portray
his theme by means of a story. As the poem begins,
the reader meets the first speaker. As we read on,
we come to find out that this is a passer-by. We
also find out the state of the other speaker,
"wretched Wight." Sounds so full of life. We also
find out the setting. "The sedge is wither'd from
the lake, /And no birds sing." Again, the reader
sees the lack of life in the setting. As the first
speaker conti ...
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 760 words
La Belle Dame Sans Merci John Keats is a great
British poet. He has written many popular poems.
La Belle Dame sans Merci is a ballad that was
written in 1819. In this ballad, the knight is
deceived by the woman he meets. He falls in love
with this woman instantly and is convinced that
she too is in love with him. The woman makes the
knight fall for her by making herself beautiful.
The woman deceives the knight into trusting her
and then when she takes him to her cave, she
breaks his heart by leaving him after the knight
wakes up from a nightmare. The first stanza of
this ballad describes the knight as being lonely
in the wilderness. A Alone and palely loitering. @
The knight is alone and wan ...
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Movie Reviewed: The Hunchback Of Notre Dame - 1,188 words
movie reviewed: the hunchback of notre dame
approach adopted: humanist/ auteurist A gem that
has several very visible flaws; yet, with these
flaws, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" shines as the
best from the Disney factory yet. For, at first,
the company name and movie title didn't quite
appear to sit well together. You don't marry the
king of novel Gothic gloom (Mr. Victor Hugo) with
one of the world's most beloved (if not biggest)
animation companies and expect the usual world
population to be at the reception; but expect even
Mr. Walt Disney to pat himself on the shoulder
blade (or what's left of it) for allowing a
hideous hunchback to be transformed into a Gene
Kelly-Incredible Hulk combo ...
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Notre Dame De Paris - 1,678 words
Notre Dame De Paris Everyday, the people of Paris
are accustomed to waking to the bells of Notre
Dame. Today, the 6th of January, was different
though. It is to be a hectic and eventful for the
ambassadors of Flanders would arrive to discuss
the marriage of the price to Margaret of Flanders.
Coincidentally that same day was the Epiphany and
the well-renowned Festival of Fools. As the
citizens of Paris awoke, they assembled in the
great hall with different expectations. Many came
to watch the crowning of the Pope of Fools; others
are anxiously awaiting the start of a melodrama.
Astoundingly, the great hall is filled beyond
capacity when tensions break and the crowd orders
that the promised pl ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral A Closer Look - 481 words
Notre dame cathedral a closer look Notre Dame
Cathedral Notre Dame, french expression for Our
Lady, the Virgin Mary, is the most famous catholic
cathedral and a very well-known landmark in Paris.
It is otherwise known as the Cathedrale de Notre
Dame de Paris, by the French. It stands on the Ile
de la cite, a larger of two islands in the Seine
River. It is considered a masterpiece of gothic
architecture in France. Maurice de Sully was the
bishop of Paris at the time, and started the
cathedral's construction in 1163. The building was
built basicly in three different parts. The Apse,
choir, and the Cathedral. The Apse and Choir were
completed in 1182. The Cathedral in 1250. Many
things occurred ...
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The Notre Dame Legend - 1,747 words
The Notre Dame Legend The Notre Dame Legend In
this epic tale of courage, bravery and persistence
is made of exciting magnitude and loyalty of one
man, named Rudy, to fulfill his life-long dream to
play for Notre Dame University on the football
team. His pride to become part of the Nations best
football team was his dream, to become an
All-American hero. His struggles in life were of
tremendous value to him. All around him, all his
life, family and friends had put him down and told
him that he will never become a Notre Dame team
member. His realization for life began as his dear
friend died. As to then, Rudy has dedicated
himself into becoming a part of the Notre Dame
Varsity football team. ...
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Wife Of Bath Or Dame Alice - 820 words
Wife Of Bath Or Dame Alice The Wife of Bath, Dame
Alice is quite a spiteful woman even though she
desires only a few simple things in life; power
and control. Through her prologue and tale, she
makes mirror images of herself , which reflects
the person who she really is. Dame Alice desires
the obvious in life, but what she most desires
above all is being more powerful than her man, her
spouse, and her lover. In a relationship, she
wishes to be dominant, the one who has the last to
say, the one who has control over all things in
the relationship. This can be first seen in her
prologue, "I'll have a husband yet who shall be
both my debtor and my slave and bear his
tribulation to the grave upon ...
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A Comparsion Between Modern Day Soilders And Medieval Knights - 448 words
A Comparsion Between Modern Day Soilders And
Medieval Knights In Medieval Times, A Knight was a
mounted man-at-arms of medieval Europe. He served
a king or other feudal superior, usually in return
for the tenure of a tract of land, but sometimes
he served his lord for money. The knight was
generally a man of noble birth who had served in
the lower ranks as page and squire before being
ceremoniously inducted into knighthood by his
superior. At his induction the knight usually
swore to be brave, loyal, and courteous and to
protect the defenseless. After the 15th century,
knighthood was conferred on civilians as a reward
for public services. A knight in armor would
present a very strange appear ...
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A Steercar Named Desire Blanches Psychological Breakdown - 1,469 words
A Steercar Named Desire - Blanche's Psychological
Breakdown In Tennesse Williams' play, "A Streetcar
Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a
character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot,
Blanche is Stella's younger sister who has come to
visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New
Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley
develops a strong dislike for Blanche and
everything associated with her. Among the things
Stanley dislikes about Blanche are her
"spoiled-girl" manners and her indirect and
quizzical way of conversing. Stanley also believes
that Blanche has conned him and his wife out of
the family mansion. In his opinion, she is a
good-for-nothing "leech" that has attached itself
to ...
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Agatha Christie: Queen Of The Mystery Genre - 1,400 words
Agatha Christie: Queen Of The Mystery Genre Agatha
Christie: Queen of the Mystery Genre Agatha Mary
Clarissa Miller was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Miller of Torquay, Devon, England. Researchers
debate on the year in which she was born, but it
was September 15 in either 1890 or 1891. Her
father was an American who lived with his British
wife in Torquay. At the time, her parents did not
realize that their daughter would one day become a
famous English author, writing an insatiable
amount of novels and plays. Her focus was mainly
on the mystery genre of literature. She was
married two times, and bore one daughter by her
first husband. In 1971, five years before her
death, Christie was given the ...
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Alexander Popes The Rape Of The Lock - 1,658 words
Alexander Pope's The Rape Of The Lock The Rape of
the Lock: Serious Stuff Alexander Pope's mock
heroic epic The Rape of the Lock appears to be a
light subject addressed with a satiric tone and
structure. Pope often regards the unwanted cutting
of a woman's hair as a trivial thing, but the
fashionable world takes it seriously. Upon closer
examination Pope has, perhaps unwittingly,
broached issues worthy of earnest consideration.
The Rape of the Lock at first glance is a
commentary on human vanity and the ritual of
courtship. The poem also discusses the
relationship between men and women, which is the
more substantial matter in particular. Pope
examines the oppressed position of women. Infring ...
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An Analysis Of The Energizer Bunny Commercial Sequence - 829 words
An Analysis of the Energizer Bunny Commercial
Sequence Energizer batteries have been equated
with long-lasting energy in your Walkman or other
battery-operated appliance. "That damned Energizer
bunny" is the cause; he's so aggravating. It seems
like that pink bunny rabbit is running across the
television screen every other second, it's so
annoying. The advertising campaign has been so
effective that not only did the company (finally)
surpass Duracell in sales, but the advertising
company was awarded an Obie (the advertising
equivalent of the "Oscar") as best commercial of
the year. This essay shall attempt to analyze the
series of "Energizer bunny" advertisements. There
is a current trend in ...
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Ancient History - 1,386 words
Ancient History Tombs and Temples What are some
major architectural structures of Ancient Egypt?
There are many amazing sites of architecture in
Egypt from ancient times. Many have been
discovered, but there are still ones being
discovered and excavated today. Pyramids, tombs,
and temples are the main structures still standing
that can be seen today. The first tombs of the
pharaohs were large, unimpressive, bunker affairs
called mastabas. A mastaba (Arabic for"bench") is
a low rectangular structure which was built over a
shaft which descended to the burial location. They
were made from sun dried mud bricks and most have
long since crumbled to dust. This all changed
around 2630 BC with the cr ...
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Anti War Themes In Catch 22 Slaughter House Five And Night - 1,288 words
... he landed a contract with the Germansto bomb
his own outfit (Heller 267). The whole base was
destroyed; Milo was forgiven soon after the
bombing because he told the soldiers how much
money he had made for them. After reading this
section one is appalled at the inhumanity
exhibited by the characters in the book. The theme
of inhumanity is evident throughout the rest of
the book; many of the characters display this
theme through their inhumane actions. The anti-war
theme in the book Catch-22 is perpetuated by the
satiric lack of rationality all the characters,
except for Yossarian, have. Yossarian is one of
the few sane people in the book. Throughout the
book, the repetition of ridiculous ...
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Bill Bradey - 494 words
Bill Bradey Bill Bradley 7/28/43 ~ Bill Bradley
College: Princeton and Oxford Height: 6-5 Weight:
205 lbs. Average Points Per Game is 12.4 Rebounds
in his Career 2354 Assists in Career 2533 Points
in Career 9217 Bill Bradley started off his life
in Crystal City, Missouri. He was born on July 28,
1943. He took his first shot with a basketball
when he was 9 at the Crystal Citys YMCA. He
started playing basketball for his local high
school as a freshman. He became captain of his
high school team his second year. He often went to
the gym when he didnt have a team practice. He
would ask his coach if he could use the gym on the
off days of practice. Bill then moved on from high
school and made up ...
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